Multiple choice

No wife shall be entitled to receive maintenance from her husband under Sec. 125 of Code of Criminal Procedure if she

  1. has obtained a divorce from her husband and has not remarried

  2. is unable to maintain herself

  3. refused to live with her husband on the ground that he keeps a mistress

  4. is living in adultery
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Under CrPC Section 125(4), a wife is NOT entitled to maintenance if she refuses to live with her husband without sufficient cause, OR if she is living in adultery. Living in adultery is a complete bar to maintenance. Options (1), (2), and (3) describe situations where she WOULD be entitled to maintenance (divorced but not remarried, unable to maintain herself, or husband keeps mistress). Option (4) correctly states the legal bar.

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